Joel Drake has served his alma mater as an assistant coach the
track and field team since 2014 and the cheerleading team since
2013.

Drake is a two-time North Coast Athletic Conference champion in
the outdoor discus and won the indoor shot put, and helped the
outdoor team to top-two finishes in the conference meet all four
years, including the 2002 team championship, and two runner-up
indoor team finishes.

His coaching experience includes time as the head track coach at
Greenon High School and head cross country coach at Indian Valley
Middle School, both in Enon, Ohio, as well as time as an assistant
coach for seventh- and eighth-grade football.

Drake was a constant presence on the sidelines of Wittenberg
football and basketball games during his career as a Tiger
cheerleader, which concluded in 2004 when he earned his Bachelor of
Arts degree in sociology.

Drake went on to add an associate's degree in medical lab
technologies at Clark State in 2005 and earned his Master of
Education degree in comprehensive social studies from Antioch
University Midwest in 2012. He lives in Springfield, Ohio, and
teaches seventh grade social studies at Tecumseh Middle School in
New Carlisle, Ohio.